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Martin Hardcastle is an astrophysicist specializing in radio astronomy, high-energy astrophysics and the physics of active galactic nuclei. He has published more than 340 papers in refereed journals. A former Royal Society Research Fellow, he worked for Cambridge, Bristol and the Open University before moving to UH. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Astrophysics Research and is now Head of Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics.
Research interests
- Physics of active galaxies, particularly radio-loud AGN
- Groups and clusters of galaxies
- High-energy astrophysics
- Radio astronomy, particularly large surveys
- Statistical techniques
- Numerical hydrodynamics
15 successful PhD supervisions or co-supervisions covering most of the above topics; 3 current postgraduate students.
Teaching specialisms
High-energy astrophysics; extragalactic astronomy and cosmology; statistics; mathematics.
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Accretion mode versus radio morphology in the LOFAR Deep Fields
Mingo, B., Croston, J. H., Best, P. N., Duncan, K. J., Hardcastle, M. J., Kondapally, R., Prandoni, I., Sabater, J., Shimwell, T. W., Williams, W. L., Baldi, R. D., Bonato, M., Bondi, M., Dabhade, P., Gürkan, G., Ineson, J., Magliocchetti, M., Miley, G., Pierce, J. C. S. & Röttgering, H. J. A., 16 Feb 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 511, 3, p. 3250–3271 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A machine learning classifier for LOFAR radio galaxy cross-matching techniques
Alegre, L., Sabater, J., Best, P., Mostert, R. I. J., Williams, W. L., Gürkan, G., Hardcastle, M. J., Kondapally, R., Shimwell, T. W. & Smith, D. J. B., 4 Jul 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An intergalactic medium temperature from a giant radio galaxy
Oei, M. S. S. L., Weeren, R. J. V., Hardcastle, M. J., Vazza, F., Shimwell, T. W., Leclercq, F., Brüggen, M. & Röttgering, H. J. A., 16 Oct 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A numerical study of the interplay between Fermi acceleration mechanisms in radio lobes of FR-II radio galaxies
Kundu, S., Vaidya, B., Mignone, A. & Hardcastle, M. J., 26 Aug 2022, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chandra view of Abell 407: The central compact group of galaxies and the interaction between the radio AGN and the ICM
Geng, C., Ge, C., Lal, D. V., Sun, M., Ji, L., Xu, H., Liu, W., Hardcastle, M., Forman, W., Kraft, R. & Jones, C., 11 Feb 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 11 p., stac355.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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